[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 19, Volume 2]
[Revised as of April 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 19CFR142.17]

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                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES
 
  CHAPTER I--UNITED STATES CUSTOMS SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
 
PART 142--ENTRY PROCESS--Table of Contents
 
                 Subpart B--Entry Summary Documentation
 
Sec. 142.17  One entry summary for multiple entries.

    (a) Requirements. Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this 
section, the port director may permit the filing of one entry summary 
for merchandise the subject of separate entries if:
    (1) The merchandise has the same country of exportation, and the 
same country of origin,
    (2) The merchandise arrives by land, by the same vessel or by the 
same air carrier,
    (3) The merchandise is consigned to the same consignee,
    (4) The time between the date of the first entry and the date of the 
last entry does not exceed 1 week,
    (5) The entry summary document is filed within 10 working days from 
the date of the first entry, and
    (6) Each entry is identified separately by entry number on the entry 
summary.
    (b) Merchandise not eligible. One entry summary shall not be used 
for multiple entries of the following:
    (1) Quota-class merchandise,
    (2) Prohibited merchandise,

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    (3) Merchandise subject to restrictions which require processing and 
documentation more frequently than on a weekly basis,
    (4) Merchandise for which liquidation has been withheld, and
    (5) Merchandise classifiable under the same Harmonized Tariff 
Schedule of the United States subheading number, to the eight-digit 
level having different rates of duty for which entries or immediate 
transportation entries have been filed. However, this provision is not 
applicable in the following circumstances:
    (i) Entries. Entries may be consolidated if the time of entry is:
    (A) Before the date of change in rate of duty, or
    (B) On or after the date of change in rate of duty.
    (ii) Immediate transportation entries. Immediate transportation 
entries may be consolidated if the date of acceptance is:
    (A) Before the date of change in the rate of duty, or
    (B) On or after the date of change in rate of duty.
    (c) Entry documentation not in proper form. If an entry summary 
covering multiple entries refers to entry documentation which is not in 
proper form, the entry summary and the entry documentation shall be 
returned for correction.

[T.D. 79-221, 44 FR 46821, Aug. 9, 1979, as amended by T.D. 89-1, 53 FR 
51262, Dec. 21, 1988]